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The fire at Al-Aqsa was the cause of great anger in the Muslim world, [11] [7] and demonstrations and riots occurred as far away as Kashmir. [12] Many Muslims alleged Rohan's actions were part of a wider plot by Israelis, [13] while some Israelis have attacked widely-repeated claims by some Palestinians and other Muslims that Rohan was Jewish, when in fact he was Christian.
A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan prayer, Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the mosque, prompted by reports that Jews planned to sacrifice a goat at the site (which is forbidden by Israeli law).
The al-Aqsa fire is regarded as one of the catalysts for the formation of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC, now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) in 1972. [91] Following the fire, the dome was reconstructed in concrete and covered with anodized aluminium, instead of the original ribbed lead enamel work sheeting. In 1983 ...
Since Ramadan began on 22 March, scores of Muslim worshippers have repeatedly tried to stay overnight in the mosque, a practice typically permitted only during the last 10 days of the holiday.
Israeli police entered Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque before dawn on Wednesday and clashed with worshippers, setting off a furious reaction from Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and ...
The sun was shining over the streets of Jerusalem’s Old City this afternoon, but as Ramadan began with no cease-fire in sight, the war in Gaza cast a heavy shadow over the start to the holy month.
He stressed, "the necessity of self-restraint and providing full protection for Muslim worshipers and allowing them to perform Islamic rites in Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is a purely Islamic endowment for Muslims." [58] Iran strongly censured the Israeli occupation forces' storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Muslims pray at the Mihrab, a niche in a wall indicating the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, at the Foundation Stone, located under the Dome of the Rock in the Al- Aqsa mosque compound in ...